Welcome to the Stockport
NVa Legacy website.

This site contains personal accounts of World War II veterans and World War II school children from Stockport and the surrounding area.

In December 2022 our last WW2 veteran passed away. He had reached his 100th birthday in October which was his personal goal. He used to say that he never scored 100 runs playing cricket, but he was determined to be 100 years old not out. Well he did that.

He will be missed. Our last Veteran – the last man standing – has now stood down. Rest in Peace all our Stockport Normandy Veterans.

With the loss of our last veteran, it has been time to discuss the future of the group. Over recent years our veteran members were keen to promote Remembrance and Education. As a group we are blessed with active WW2 schoolchildren (their stories are on the Home Front section of the website) who are accompanied into schools by the children of NVA members who are able to tell first hand stories and show artefacts of their parents. This is how we continue to fulfil the wishes of our departed members and keep our links with the NVA. We now operate as Stockport NVA Legacy.

                                                                                      The journey has been enjoyable and well-worth making

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80th VE and VJ Anniversaries

Plans were made nationwide to remember and celebrate the 80th anniversaries of the end of the Second World War in Europe (known as VE Day) on Thursday 8 May 2025 and Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) on Friday 15th August 2025. Stockport NVA Legacy made a specific...
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D-Day 80th 2024

June 2025 was 80 years since D Day  - the largest invasion that has ever taken place by sea, land and air – when Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy to defeat Nazi Germany. Those who took part were ordinary people doing something extraordinary, and the...
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79th Anniversary of D-Day in Stockport and Normandy

Commemoration of 79th Anniversary of D Day Landings at Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery. The service started Standards and Escorts from Stockport Sea Cadets. Family members and friends of our Stockport Veterans talked for 2 minutes (with a photograph of Veteran)...
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Launch Of Video: History Remembered

eVoices of yesterday History Remembered - through the stories of life on the Home Front during World War 2 The memories of schoolchildren who lived through the years from 1939 – 1945 have been recorded for everyone to understand how it felt during this difficult...
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VJ Day 2020 Commemoration

Members of Stockport Normandy Veterans and Friends met via Zoom to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day and to reflect on the meaning of Victory for those serving in WW2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0TTUthnYko
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